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Busty · Mar 21, 2014

Today (somewhat dubious) Hollywood industry site Tracking Board claims to have information about Sony/Columbia Pictures' 'upcoming' Sonic The Hedgehog film. And it's...., well have a look for yourself.

Its recently been confirmed that a movie adaptation of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is in development at Columbia Pictures, with the studio going for a dark, edgy version skewed towards older audiences! NOT ONLY this, but the studio plans to make it a mix of live-action and animation, allowing the much loved character to really meld with reality.

According to the article the project is being co-produced by Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious franchise to name but one project) and SEGA.

For those of us who played the classic Sega video game as kids (or if youre still playing it right now), this could be an adventure ride for the ages. I mean, who doesnt want to see a bad ass version of Sonic?!

Everyone. In the world.

The only thing to do now is find a writer for the project, and an awesome shortlist has already been put together with some real heavy hitters:

Brad Bird (Incredibles, Wall-E, Brave, Toy Story 2, Up)
Wernick & Reese (Deadpool, Monsters Inc, Zombieland, GI Joe Retaliation)
David Berenbaum (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Elf)
Phil Johnston (Wreck it Ralph and Nebraska)

I feel it should be noted that the list of writers is almost certainly what's known as the 'wish list' put together by producers/studio execs of who they would ideally like to work on the project. So Brad Bird's involvement is a 'Warren Buffet bracket challenge' sized long shot to say the least but it does show how 'big' the producers are thinking.

It's obviously extremely early and the project is at least a few years away. There is more at the article (which is free unlike most of the site's other content) if you should want to check it out. Just be aware that clicking on the link might see you end up on some kind of NSA watch list.

http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-ex...dark-knight-treatment-and-a-writer-shortlist/

If this is old please put me into development at Columbia Pictures.

Renekton · Mar 21, 2014

Do kids these days still know about Sonic??

Yo93 · Mar 21, 2014

4chan must be pleased with these news.

casmith07 · Mar 21, 2014

They need to just put Sonic out of his misery. Hasn't been good since Sonic Adventure 2.

Courage · Mar 21, 2014

Yes, because the older audience remembers Sonic from his dark and gritty days.

Marvel · Mar 21, 2014

CengizMan · Mar 21, 2014

Not dark and hedgy?

Shane86 · Mar 21, 2014

Sonic has been nothing but terrible since he started "melding with reality".

OnionPowder · Mar 21, 2014

Renekton said:
Do kids these days still know about Sonic??

Yeah my coworkers kids go apeshit over him.

shuri · Mar 21, 2014

To be honest, the hardcore Sonic fanbase seems to be aged 21+. Also didn't one of the last games had Sonic fight God at the end and kiss a human female character?

Kid Ska · Mar 21, 2014

This is the only Sonic the Hedgehog movie.

tsumineko · Mar 21, 2014

Finally, a dark and edgy Sonic story.

Abounder · Mar 21, 2014

Obama chuckled. "You mean the Chaos Emeralds?"

Sounds so bad it'll be good. And on a tangent looks like video games might be the next Hollywood trend: there's that SEGA vs Nintendo movie, an Adam Sandler pixel movie, and now this.

poopninjamvc3mk · Mar 21, 2014

casmith07 said:
They need to just put Sonic out of his misery. Hasn't been good since Sonic Adventure 2.

Sonic Colors>SG>Advance 1-3>SA2

SA2 is pretty shitty at times.

I Wanna Be The Guy · Mar 21, 2014

shuri said:
To be honest, the hardcore Sonic fanbase seems to be aged 21+. Also didn't one of the last games had Sonic fight God at the end and kiss a human female character?

If by one of the last games you mean a game that came out like 8 years ago then sure.

brandonh83 · Mar 21, 2014

Brad Bird is the only person I could ever trust to make something that doesn't suck.

So it will suck.

Haunted · Mar 21, 2014

Its recently been confirmed that a movie adaptation of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is in development at Columbia Pictures, with the studio going for a dark, edgy version skewed towards older audiences!

You mean, like 12-14 compared to the 6-10 demographic the games are for?

cheststrongwell · Mar 21, 2014

Will it be rad, though?

Nintendoga · Mar 21, 2014

MikeHattsu · Mar 21, 2014

Will the movie have Shadow the Hedgehog in it?

Pai Pai Master · Mar 21, 2014

Will there be humans that want to get with Sonic? Cuz that was probably the weirdest shit ever put in a mainstream game.

ScOULaris · Mar 21, 2014

Dark and edgy, huh? Sounds like it's gonna skew closer to a Sanic movie, if you catch my drift.

DarkKyo · Mar 21, 2014

It’s recently been confirmed that a movie adaptation of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is in development at Columbia Pictures, with the studio going for a dark, edgy version skewed towards older audiences! NOT ONLY this, but the studio plans to make it a mix of live-action and animation, allowing the much loved character to really meld with reality.

I Wanna Be The Guy · Mar 21, 2014

casmith07 said:
They need to just put Sonic out of his misery. Hasn't been good since Sonic Adventure 2.

There is nothing correct about this post. First of all there have been plenty of good Sonic games over the past 10 years. Multiple good handheld titles as well as a couple good racing titles, and Colour and Generations were great games. Secondly, Sonic Adventure 2 was not good.

Dusk Golem · Mar 21, 2014

I don't believe this for the moment. Outside of the fact the Sonic series gets an absurd amount of fake news, and SEGA is pretty fond of its kid-friendly image, what is this website even?

Renekton said:
Do kids these days still know about Sonic??

Yes, though less for his games these days ironically. His merchandising, comics, TV shows still airing in some countries, and appearing in a lot of things, such as Wreck-It Ralph or the Mario & Sonic games. In my experience, and from what I've gathered from others online as well, Sonic is still very popular with kids. The closest I can go on personal example is when I was watching Wreck-It Ralph, the appearance of Sonic got the biggest reaction out of the kids in the theater, more than anything else.

Ourobolus · Mar 21, 2014

I want Sonic, run ragged from all of the years, sitting at a bar stool, empty shot glasses surrounding him, a half-eaten, room-temperature chili dog lying next to him.

They had better use "Robotnik" over "Eggman."

Guinness · Mar 21, 2014

Sounds like Sonic '06 - The Movie

tsumineko · Mar 21, 2014

I Wanna Be The Guy said:
There is nothing correct about this post. First of all there have been plenty of good Sonic games over the past 10 years. Multiple good handheld titles as well as a couple good racing titles, and Colour and Generations were great games. Secondly, Sonic Adventure 2 was not good.

Yeah but like... compared to the Megadrive Sonic's... you know...

He is wrong about SA2 though.

-MD- · Mar 21, 2014

What could be live action in a Sonic movie? Eggman?

tsumineko · Mar 21, 2014

-MD- said:
What could be live action in a Sonic movie? Eggman?

Everything except for Sonic. Of course.

MetroidPrimeRib · Mar 21, 2014

Yes.
YESSSS.
Crash and Burn as hard as you can possibly Crash and Burn.
If you're going to be terrible, be REALLY terrible so people can remember it and laugh about how bad it was.

Acquiescence · Mar 21, 2014

And the downward spiral continues as Sonic and chums sink deeper into depravity.

I Wanna Be The Guy · Mar 21, 2014

tsumineko said:
Yeah but like... compared to the Megadrive Sonic's... you know...

He is wrong about SA2 though.

The Mega Drive games were god tier. Not being as good as those games is not the same as not being good.

Baron von Loathsome · Mar 21, 2014

Kid Ska said:
This is the only Sonic the Hedgehog movie.

So far, that's technically true.

Takamura-San · Mar 21, 2014

Abounder said:
Obama chuckled. "You mean the Chaos Emeralds?"

Sounds so bad it'll be good. And on a tangent looks like video games might be the next Hollywood trend: there's that SEGA vs Nintendo movie, an Adam Sandler pixel movie, and now this.

.... I have no words.

There is no weirder community than Sonic.

Darklord · Mar 21, 2014

All those socially inept 12 year old's are gonna feel so bad arse when they watch it. Especially when Shadow shows up and dubstep starts playing.

MaximoffZero · Mar 21, 2014

Kid Ska said:
This is the only Sonic the Hedgehog movie.

...and that's very unfortunate.

redmetal86 · Mar 21, 2014

-MD- said:
What could be live action in a Sonic movie? Eggman?

Everything.

Sonic_The_Hedgehog_The_Movie.jpg.w300h462.jpg

butman · Mar 21, 2014

Too late. This film should be released on the 90's like the TMNT style

Gunstar Ikari · Mar 21, 2014

tsumineko said:
Yeah but like... compared to the Megadrive Sonic's... you know...

He is wrong about SA2 though.

Generations is better than 1 and much better than CD IMO.

DarkKyo · Mar 21, 2014

-MD- said:
What could be live action in a Sonic movie? Eggman?

I imagined it like this.

I Wanna Be The Guy · Mar 21, 2014

Gunstar Ikari said:
Generations is better than 1 and much better than CD IMO.

Colours too. Colours is still the best 3D Sonic imo.

tsumineko · Mar 21, 2014

Gunstar Ikari said:
Generations is better than 1 and much better than CD IMO.

Ok.

Triggerhappytel · Mar 21, 2014

-MD- said:
What could be live action in a Sonic movie? Eggman?

His three American teen friends of course, who will help Sonic to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds while he helps them with their bully problems!

Chindogg · Mar 21, 2014

If they get Brad Bird, I'll support this.

Fewr · Mar 21, 2014

No more blue skies.

Frankenstrat · Mar 21, 2014

What could possibly go wrong?

Takamura-San · Mar 21, 2014

Chindogg said:
If they get Brad Bird, I'll support this.

Get in line, he's to busy making The Incredibles 2.

Zonic · Mar 21, 2014

So...Sonic X + Shadow The Hedgehog?

....also, why am I reminded of that fan-made live-action film?

thelatestmodel · Mar 21, 2014

Where are you guys finding these pictures? Best thing I've seen all week.

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